Dragon Well Tea is a famous green tea from Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, China. The tea enjoys an international reputation for its high quality.

As its name indicates, Dragon Well Tea refers to tea picked from the nearby area around a well called the Dragon Well. The area covers 911.9 hectares with an annual output of more than 800 tons.

However, tea picked from tea plants even far from the Dragon Well has also been called Dragon Well.

To protect the reputation and identity of Dragon Well Tea, the Zhejiang government successfully registered the trademark - Dragon Well Tea - in 2009.

Since the beginning of this year, only those teas which have been approved by authorities as Dragon Well Tea can apply the trademark. So far, 169 manufacturers from the West Lake area, Qiantang area and Yuezhou area have been approved to use the Dragon Well tea trademark.

By Li Hui

Editor: Lucy